For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered the largest chunk of organic compounds on Mars, hinting at potential life on the Red ...

We present a one-step, visible light-induced synthesis of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-ketone, a bioisostere for benzoyl groups that ...

The longest unbranched chain containing the functional group is the parent molecule, or simply the longest unbranched chain for alkanes. Remember that, the longest chain can go round a bend.